Jimmy and the Major were two underrated Sox managers compared to some of the clown shows we've had over the years. I spilled my coffee when I read Yaz's coffee.
Maybe, but I thought for sure it was a double header. Maybe I got the Mike Lansing part wrong?Double Headers when Williams was manager and Lansing was on the roster:
September 16, 2000 - Lansing 2B defensive replacement in 9th inning game 1, played 2nd all of game 2
September 20, 2000 - Lansing DNP game 1, started at 2nd in game 2 and Midre Cummings pinch hit for him.
September 21, 2000 - Lansing DNP game 1, defensive replacement at 2nd after Everett PH for Sadler in game 2.
August 4, 2001 - Lansing DNP game 1, played SS all of game 2. Nomar had played SS in game 1, but he only played 21 games that season. Lansing started at SS 71 times that year, and at 2nd 26 times. Merloni played 45 games at SS, Grebek played 23, Valentin 18, and James Lofton 7. Offerman played 91 games at 2B, Stynes 43, Angel Santos 6, and Merloni 5.
Edit: You might be thinking of these two games, where Lansing and Merloni flip flopped:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS200104150.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BOS/BOS200104160.shtml
I was there and bummed Pedro didn't start, but that is one call Jimy got right. No "Pedro" rules on the Sox.I was at that one. Man was I angry when I saw Bryce Florie on the mound instead of Pedro. And even madder when I found out why.
His hair was perfect.I saw him at O’Leary’s having dinner after game 3 of the 99 alcs. Guy got a standing O.
I think he was the manager for 2 years before I ever saw him without a cap on.His hair was perfect.
Gordon in the 8th, on the other hand . . .Still think Schourek in Game 4 was the right call. RIP
Wasn't it "If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his booty"?I guess that frog lost its wings.
I didn’t say who I was mad at haha.I was there and bummed Pedro didn't start, but that is one call Jimy got right. No "Pedro" rules on the Sox.
Fair.I didn’t say who I was mad at haha.
It was Bryce Florie.
Haha, seriously though; I got it. It’s just I had a nine hour round-trip drive that day to watch a 1999 PEDRO start, and that’s not what I got.
Disappointed is a better word though.
I'm craving beef chow mein...His hair was perfect.
Incidentally, it is crazy to me that the distance from today to the "controversial" Schourek start is approaching the distance between many of our childhoods in the 1970s and the Denny Gale start in 1948 - which might as well have happened in the Old Testament as far as I was concerned.Still think Schourek in Game 4 was the right call. RIP
Reggie was the man.I'm still a little salty about his treatment of Reggie Jefferson.
Amazing season.It’s pretty amazing that he brought that 1999 team all the way to the ALCS, all things considered. One of the most memorable years of my baseball fandom, and he was a big part of that.
Yep.Still think Schourek in Game 4 was the right call. RIP
Yep.I was there and bummed Pedro didn't start, but that is one call Jimy got right. No "Pedro" rules on the Sox.
Exactly.Gordon in the 8th, on the other hand . . .
Indeed.Wasn't it "If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his booty"?
Yeah Jimy got that one right.I didn’t say who I was mad at haha.
It was Bryce Florie.
Haha, seriously though; I got it. It’s just I had a nine hour round-trip drive that day to watch a 1999 PEDRO start, and that’s not what I got.
Disappointed is a better word though.
Galehouse was a far worse decision; McCarthy had options.Incidentally, it is crazy to me that the distance from today to the "controversial" Schourek start is approaching the distance between many of our childhoods in the 1970s and the Denny Gale start in 1948 - which might as well have happened in the Old Testament as far as I was concerned.
I do not think that’s an accurate description.Who would have thought Williams would look like Bobby Cox compared to Kerrigan and Little? RIP, sir.
Most days in first place!It's a shame he didn't finish second to Joe Torre.
It wasn't the worst thing to happen to him at Fenway.Fair.
And Pedro got the win. Florie must have been bummed getting pulled after 4.2. Oh well...
Ugh, I was there for that one, somewhere around section 8.It wasn't the worst thing to happen to him at Fenway.
You could write epitaphs. That’s a perfect description of him and what he did.RIP to strange man who made strange decisions and helped cobble together some extremely compelling baseball teams out of two generational talents, maybe five other excellent to good players and a whole bunch of weird spare parts.
Keep your Kerrigan love for the RIP Kerrigan thread, sir.I do not think that’s an accurate description.
In my case, the distance between 2024 and the '67 Sox is equivalent to the '67 Sox and 1910.Incidentally, it is crazy to me that the distance from today to the "controversial" Schourek start is approaching the distance between many of our childhoods in the 1970s and the Denny Gale start in 1948 - which might as well have happened in the Old Testament as far as I was concerned.
Baseball Reference shows Jimy was ejected 13 times in his Sox tenure. Retrosheet shows the instances, which helpfully labels by home team. He was ejected in Toronto on 9/6/98:I have this oddly clear memory of watching Jimy getting tossed from a meaningful game on a steaming hot day later in the year from the 500 seats at the Skydome. He put on a pretty good show amid the boos raining down with some elaborate back- kicking of dirt on the plate etc. I would be indebted if anyone could corroborate or even better point me in direction of a boxscore, but admittedly that is significant ask. I was always fond of Jimy even if he did not give Morgan Burkhardt the chance he deserved.